2002/10/08 City Council ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2002- 231
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
Proclaiming
OCTOBER, 2002
"DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH"
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park recognizes that the crime of domestic violence violates an individual's privacy, dignity, and security, due to the
systematic use of emotional, physical, sexual, psychological, and economic control or abuse; and
WHEREAS, law enforcement in the City of Rohnert Park received 177 domestic violence related calls in 2001; and
WHEREAS, the YWCA of Sonoma County is a women's membership organization affiliated with the 140 year old YWCA of the USA; and
WHEREAS, the YWCA of Sonoma County was founded in 1975 with a mission to empower, educate, and support domestic violence survivors and their
children who are unsafe in their own homes; and
WHEREAS, stopping the cycle of vicious criminal assault in the home requires a coordinated effort between the criminal justice system and the agencies that
provide services to victims - as well as the resolve and courage of survivors; and
WHEREAS our community would benefit from participating in the YWCA's programs to help eliminate the use of personal and institutional violence.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park that it does hereby proclai
OCTOBER as "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH"
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED:
this 8th day of October, 2002
ATTEST:
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
D uty Clerk
MACKENZIE: AYE REILLY: AYE VACANCY: N/A VIDAK- MARTINEZ: AYE FLORES: AYE
AYES: (4) NOES: (0) ABSENT: (0) ABSTAIN: (0)
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